#A04042#A04042

#A04042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.128 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04042
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 40.05, 19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 44.46, 25.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% 0.119 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.128 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3155, 11.5359, 6.4680)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04042 #40A09E

analogous

#A04072 #A04042 #A06E40

triadic

#A04042 #42A040 #4042A0

tetradic

#A04042 #72A040 #40A09E #6E40A0

square

#A04042 #72A040 #40A09E #6E40A0

split-complementary

#A04042 #40A06E #4072A0

monochromatic

#491D1E #742F30 #A04042 #BF5E60 #D08A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A04042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A04042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04042

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04042	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF2F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.128 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17976',
    500: '#a04042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04042;
$custom-light: #c17976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.75,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50221,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04042

secondary

#81BBBA

accent

#D3D055

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04042

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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